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Tuesday, 23.04.2024, 12:23
Summer season 2011 to bring new destinations and new airlines to Vilnius Airport
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This summer season in Vilnius Airport is the arrival of two low cost airlines Wizz Air and Ryanair. As of April 17, Wizz Air will start to operate flights to London, Cork, Doncaster, Eindhoven, Milan, Rome, Barcelona and Stockholm, while Ryanair will start its activities on May 2 and will offer flights to the following destinations: Bremen, Dublin, Girona, London (Stansted), Milan and Rome, informs LETA/ELTA.
The old-timer of Vilnius Airport, Estonia-based air carrier Estonian Air, has expanded its destination map by offering flights not only to Tallinn, Amsterdam and Stockholm (Arlanda) but also to Berlin as of May 1, 2011.
"In the summer of 2011, it will become as easy to reach Lithuania by air as never before throughout its period of independence. As compared to all three Lithuanian airports, Vilnius Airport will offer the largest number of seats since 2008 – the best year before the recession. In July the number of seats in regular flights from Vilnius Airport will reach the level of 2008 and will make up around 200,000. A greater increase in supply was hindered by the shrinking market of charter flights in the last three years", the Director of VIA Commerce Department Simonas Bartkus comments on the expectations of the new season.
According to Bartkus, this summer none of the 15 airlines operating in Vilnius Airport will have a dominant position which will allow the Airport distributing the risk and the competition among the airlines will be of great benefit to passengers.
According to the number of passenger seats offered, this summer the leading position will be held by Latvia-based airline airBaltic which is to offer around 35,000 seats per month. Ryanair and Wizz Air will lag slightly behind it by offering over 30,000 seats per month each. The number of seats offered by three trademarks of the Lufthansa Group – Lufthansa, Austrian Airlines and Brussels Airlines – will make up over 25,000. VIA is planning to service 1.8 million passengers this year.
In the summer season 15 airlines will operate regular flights in 25 destinations to/from Vilnius Airport.
The new timetable will be valid until 30 October.
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